Ultimate Questions

Zusatztext "[A] short, haunting and rather beautiful book." ---Jason Cowley, New Statesman Informationen zum Autor Bryan Magee Klappentext "In this fluently written and beautifully clear book, Bryan Magee offers a series of reflections on the human condition, based on a lifetime's study of the central questions of philosophy. Ultimate Questions is a personal testament, one that reflects a yearning for answers coupled with an honest, and indeed humble, admission that such answers cannot be reached." --John Cottingham, author of Philosophy of Religion: Towards a More Humane Approach Zusammenfassung We human beings had no say in existing--we just opened our eyes and found ourselves here. We have a fundamental need to understand who we are and the world we live in. Reason takes us a long way, but mystery remains. When our minds and senses are baffled, faith can seem justified--but faith is not knowledge. In Ultimate Questions, acclaimed philoso

Product details

• Authors: Bryan Magee
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2017
• EAN: 9780691178127
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17812-7
• No. of pages: 140
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge